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Test your internet connection speed from the command-line

Shown by mofle on Sep 2, 2015. Click the card to turn it over.

13points

7comments

#1,715of 2,565 in 2015

Top 67%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

5 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.53.

Design: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against

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Beautiful UI
From 1 comment
- Absolutely beautiful UI. Well done. You should also consider a flag for simple JSON output as well, without loading indicators.
  rkuykendall-com on HN
Preferred over installing the Python package and avoids ads
From 2 comments
- I very much prefer this over installing the python package, thanks! I think it'd be useful to additionally display the location of the server it chose.
  dewey on HN
- This sounds immensely more appealing than dealing with their ad-ridden site.
  ocdtrekkie on HN
Works on Windows
From 1 comment
- Works on Windows :-) ``` Ping 5 ms Download 140.7 Mbps Upload 123.1 Mbps ```
  bbcbasic on HN

Does not like the look
From 1 comment
- bonitas, mas não gostei.
  fiatjaf on HN

Show location of the chosen test server
From 1 comment
- I very much prefer this over installing the python package, thanks! I think it'd be useful to additionally display the location of the server it chose.
  dewey on HN
Add a flag for simple JSON output without loading indicators
From 1 comment
- Absolutely beautiful UI. Well done. You should also consider a flag for simple JSON output as well, without loading indicators.
  rkuykendall-com on HN
Echo results to stdout for remote use
From 1 comment
- Which echoes its results to stdout, making it useful remotely, too.
  blacksmith_tb on HN

speedtest-cli (sivel)
From 1 comment
- Quite similar to https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli
  daureg on HN